DocumentCode
3457128
Title
New mid-IR laser based on an erblum activated low phonon energy crystal
Author
Bowman, Steven R. ; Searles, S.K. ; Jenkins, N.W. ; Qadri, Syed B. ; Skelton, E.F. ; Ganern, J.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory
fYear
2001
fDate
11-11 May 2001
Firstpage
557
Lastpage
558
Abstract
Summary form only given. Important DOD applications require high brightness sources in the thermal band from 4.5 pm-5.0 pm. To fill this need, we have explored direct emission on the 419/z -+ 4111/2 transition in trivalent erbium.
Keywords
Brightness; Crystals; Diodes; Erbium; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical resonators; Phonons; Pump lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-662-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2001.948163
Filename
948163
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